Open Door Family Medical Centers has been serving low-income, under-served residents and those lacking access to health care in the communities of Westchester and Putnam counties for more than 40 years, providing high quality primary health care and human services at affordable prices.

This year, Open Door will be the medical home for more than 57,000 patients, providing more than 300,000 visits. Our family medical services include primary medical care, dentistry, mental health, optometry, podiatry, and women’s health in Ossining, Sleepy Hollow, Port Chester, Mount Kisco, Mamaroneck and Brewster, NY. Open Door believes that health is a right, not a privilege, with primary care to be affordable and delivered cost-effectively. We believe that healthy individuals and families are the foundation of a caring society, and that those empowered to lead healthy lives contribute significantly to our communities’ success. For additional information, please, visit www.opendoormedical.org. Open Door is seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) for each of its medical sites and will be based at that site. The NP or PA will report to the site Medical Director. He/she will lead a cross-functional team in the delivery of patient care. Responsibilities 

• Provide high quality primary care in medical home setting to Open Door patients of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric groups.
• Lead a cross-functional care team.
• Provide comprehensive patient care and establish a family partnership whenever possible to ensure the needs of the patients are met on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure high quality primary is delivered cost-effectively, consistently.
• Provide appropriate specialist referrals, follow-up and hospitalization when indicated.
• Maintain electronic medical records in compliance with Open Door’s standards with high efficiency.
• Remain accountable for hospitalized patients
• Engage patient, family and cross-functional care teams in sustained health and well-being of the patient.
• Partner with Open Door’s Behavioral Health team and resources
• Maintain familiarity with ongoing research and development in relevant field
• Ensure performance improvement initiatives are supported with timely and accurate data and consistent actions.
• Represent Open Door in community outreach activities

Requirements 

• Degree and licensure to practice in New York as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Proficiency in Spanish, preferred.
• A minimum of three years’ relevant experience. Community-based, out-patient experience is highly desirable.
• Outstanding “bedside manners”: patient-centric with empathy, excellent active listening and communication skills, engaging and efficient.
• Outstanding clinical capabilities and judgment
• Passionate about providing high quality primary health care to low-income, under-served residents and those lacking access to health care
• Focused on collaborative team-based care
• Responsive and capable of working in a high accountability environment.
• Comfort level with using an electronic health record
• Flexible
• Excellent judgment and ability to prioritize resources where they will be most useful
• Comfortable receiving and providing constructive feedback
• Engaged in learning and continuous quality improvement
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills with a culturally diverse patient and staff population 

There are many fantastic benefits to a career at Open Door Family Medical Centers. In addition to working to effect positive change in the health and lives of thousands residents of Westchester and Putnam counties, Open Door offers its Full time employees a stimulating, diverse and team-based work environment with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 403(b) and 401(k), generous paid time off, onsite Wellness facilities, and educational assistance. Aside from excellent benefits, we offer a competitive salary and annual bonuses based on patient care. 

At Open Door, we enjoy working in a team-based, patient-centered environment and value the benefits of a diversified workplace that values our patients and the communities we serve.

If you want to make a difference in the lives of thousands of patients in the health of our communities of Westchester and Putnam counties, and if the position speaks to your capabilities, experience and commitment to improve the health of our communities, please submit your resume and cover letter with salary requirements. Please include your desired work location in the subject line. Qualified candidates will be contacted by phone and/or email.